write the function of hydrochloric acid
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Hydrochloric acid helps your body to break down, digest, and absorb nutrients such as protein. It also eliminates bacteria and viruses in the stomach, protecting your body from infection. Low levels of hydrochloric acid can have a profound impact on the body's ability to properly digest and absorb nutrients
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- Hcl acid kills bacteria enters with food.
- protect food from being fermented in the stomach.
- create a acidic medium.
- Hcl also triggers the release of enzymes such as pepsin which are essential for the disgestion of protein.
- The presence of Hcl in the body of the stomach causes the activation of enzymes.
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